The Soul's Common Cold...

Greg Levoy's "the common cold of the soul":

To sinful patterns of behavior that never
get confronted or changed,
abilites and gifts that never get
cultivated and deployed-

until weeks become months, and
months turn into years,

and one day youre looking back on a life
of deep, intimate, gut wrenching
conversations you never had,
great bold prayers you never prayed,
exhilirating risks you never took,
sacrificial gifts you never offered,
lives you never touched,

and your sitting in a recliner with a
shriveled soul, and forgotten dreams...

and you realize there was a world of
desperate need, and a God calling you
to be a part of something bigger than yourself-
you see the person you could have
become but did not; you never
followed your calling.


All too common to be sure.

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Lesson for today: Evening naps are a gift to humankind.